[Peace] [geo-stewards] PICKET BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR CHRISKENNEDY'S SPEECH, Monday, March 14th, 11:30 AM

[Jane Butterfield]

Could y'all fight in private, please, rather than in front of all of these
mailing lists?

--Jane
Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jbutter2/www/




On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dan Colson <ecdanc at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Morton,
>
> If anything is inane, it is your uncritical conflation of "education and
> research" *in toto *with the specific "institutions" that are the object
> of David's critique.
>
> DC
>
>  *From:* Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:07 PM
> *To:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* students-for-a-united-illinois at googlegroups.com ;
> undergraduate-graduate-alliance<undergraduate-graduate-alliance at googlegroups.com>;
> announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org ;
> discuss at lists.communitycourtwatch.org ;
> illinois-education-rights at googlegroups.com ; peace at lists.chambana.net ;
> defend-education at googlegroups.com ; Campus Labor Coalition<campuslabor at lists.uigeo.org>;
> SC <geo-stewards at lists.uigeo.org> ; Tahreer Araj <araj1 at illinois.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [geo-stewards] [Peace] PICKET BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR
> CHRISKENNEDY'S SPEECH, Monday, March 14th, 11:30 AM
>
> Pardon me, but your response is grotesque. You don't favor institutions for
> education and research!? You are against universities?
>
> You haven't answered any of my questions!
>
> Clearly, you don't like some of the research, and some courses, especially
> those that defend/perpetuate various current governmental policies. That is
> akin to throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Why don't you quit your
> job at the university—Are you not tainted by it?
>
> It is more than disappointing to read such inanity.
>
> --mkb
>
>
>  On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:03 PM, David Green wrote:
>
>   "defending the institution" is exactly what Hogan is doing. It's rather
> pathetic that activist groups can't think of anything different.
>
> DG
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>
> *To:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Ben Rothschild <rothsch2 at gmail.com>; undergraduate-graduate-alliance
> <undergraduate-graduate-alliance at googlegroups.com>; SC <
> geo-stewards at lists.uigeo.org>;announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org;
> discuss at lists.communitycourtwatch.org; peace at lists.chambana.net;
> students-for-a-united-illinois at googlegroups.com;
> illinois-education-rights at googlegroups.com; Campus Labor Coalition <
> campuslabor at lists.uigeo.org>; defend-education at googlegroups.com; Tahreer
> Araj <araj1 at illinois.edu>
> *Sent:* Sat, March 12, 2011 4:34:45 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace] PICKET BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR CHRIS KENNEDY'S
> SPEECH, Monday, March 14th, 11:30 AM
>
> So, what do you propose?  That the legislature not listen to Hogan about
> how good (virtuous) the university is for the state? That Hogan and the
> whole administrative apparatus be done away with (by the legislature or the
> governor?)? What would you have liked Hogan to say to the legislators?
>  Would you prefer that he have nothing to do with them?
>
> You are implying  that the whole system is rotten without prescribing what
> to do effectively about it.
>
> Just my reaction—and I am not fond of Hogan and company, and the direction
> that the system is moving towards. But I do believe that the university must
> be defended as an institution for education and research and its state
> funding increased, albeit recognizing that there are many needy projects to
> be considered in addition to the university.   Would you favor an increased
> contribution from the state to the university, or less (as long as the
> campus contributes to the military-industrial capitalist complex)?
>
> --mkb
>
>  On Mar 12, 2011, at 2:23 PM, David Green wrote:
>
>   Friends,
>
> I've pasted a campus-wide e-mail from President Michael Hogan at the end of
> this message which I'm sure most of you received. The assumption of this
> e-mail is that "we," the "U of I community," must naturally support his
> efforts to promote the virtues of our university. To me, it's important to
> understand that this laundry list is not only provinical boosterism on the
> one hand, but propaganda on the other. We are asked, as a "community," to
> accept the basic economic assumptions of corporate higher education and
> "human capital" in an unjust society. We are asked to view ourselves
> in solidarity as an "interest group" in relation to the state legislature.
> We are asked not to question anything fundamental about the
> corporate-military state and the university's integration into that state.
> As workers for social justice, we are asked to allow ourselves to be
> co-opted in the name of a few dollars more or less for the U of I budget
> from our magnanimous legislature.
>
> When Hogan sends out such a message, he can't imagine why anyone who
> receives a paycheck from or pays tuition to the university could possibly
> not support him wholeheartedly, at least out of "self interest." But we must
> honestly ask ourselves: If the university contributes so much economically
> to our state, then why does our state's economy suck? Or our nation's? The
> answer will be found in long-term policies that have been wholeheartedly
> supported for decades by university administrators and corporate elites like
> Michael Hogan, which generally go under the rubric of neoliberalism,
> corporatism, privatization, and military-industrialism; that is, class
> warfare. And to keep this academic virtue going, all the way to utopia, we
> need just a few more dollars from the state legislature?
>
> Through my place of employment, the Institute for Government and Public
> Affairs, I also received an e-mail "personally" from Robert Rich urgently
> requesting my attendance at the talk by Kennedy on Monday. I am perplexed by
> this--as if they were worried they wouldn't fill the seats for this
> momentous occasion (to hear boosterism-propaganda about the research
> university), or as if they are worried that the seats will be filled by the
> "wrong people." The request for RSVPs is also unusual, as if this were a
> cocktail party to "meet a Kennedy." Let me add that the IGPA is a
> "non-partisan" policy research and advisory group that in no way supports
> any view that might challenge the fundamental assumptions of the political
> and corporate establishments, and business-as-usual. That is what
> "non-partisan" means in an academic context.
>
> I could be making too much of this, but this occasion nevertheless presents
> an obvious opportunity, in the spirit of Cairo and Madison. Chris Kennedy
> represents what President Clark Kerr represented to Berkeley students during
> the Free Speech Movement in 1964: managerialism, corporatism, conformity,
> business as ususal: "the best of all possible worlds." In 1964, California
> was experiencing prosperity probably unparalled in any state at any time in
> the history of this country, before or since, and school was essentially
> free, but students rebelled against the condescension of university
> administrators, and much more (racism, the Vietnam War).
>
> I would encourage demonstrators to look well beyond the issue of tuition
> hikes and other more immediate economic concerns, as well as demands related
> to admissions policies, to these fundamental political, social, and economic
> contexts. I would encourage local social justice organizations to see this
> as an opportunity to discourage "business as usual" on this occasion. I
> would suggest that prior to this event, there be collective and open
> meetings and discussions of agendas, demands, and plans of action. This
> seems to me like an opportunity that reflects the confluence of the spirit
> of our times, for worse and better.
>
> David Green
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* Ben Rothschild <rothsch2 at gmail.com>
> *To:* undergraduate-graduate-alliance <
> undergraduate-graduate-alliance at googlegroups.com>; SC <
> geo-stewards at lists.uigeo.org>; announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org;
> discuss at lists.communitycourtwatch.org; peace at lists.chambana.net;
> students-for-a-united-illinois at googlegroups.com;
> illinois-education-rights at googlegroups.com; Campus Labor Coalition <
> campuslabor at lists.uigeo.org>; defend-education at googlegroups.com
> *Sent:* Sat, March 12, 2011 10:33:41 AM
> *Subject:* [Peace] PICKET BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR CHRIS KENNEDY'S SPEECH,
> Monday, March 14th, 11:30 AM
>
> *PICKET BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR CHRIS KENNEDY'S SPEECH*<http://www.facebook.com/#%21/event.php?eid=208075649208730>
>
> Monday, March 14th, 11:30 AM
> Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue, URBANA, ILLINOIS*
> *
> **
> *
> The University is raising tuition by over $500.* Last year, they hiked by
> it $1000 and MAP Grant funding is being cut. Yet they gave the president a
> $170,000 pay raise. The tuition hike vote is taking place on March 23rd,
> during our spring break, in Springfield!
>
> STOP THE TUITION HIKE! Increase Underrepresented Minority Student
> Enrollment! Create a Financial Aid Program for Undocumented Students! Fair
> Contract for ALL UI Workers! Education is Not a Business - No More
> Privatization!
>
> REMEMBER TO RESERVE A SEAT AT THE SPEECH:
> http://igpa.uillinois.edu/chris-kennedy*
> *
> See attached flyer.
>
> Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigration Rights
> and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
>
> ______________________
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> On Wednesday I had an opportunity to testify before the state Senate
> Appropriations II Committee. It was a great forum for me to articulate
> the "value proposition," as one senator put it, of the state's investment
> in the University of Illinois. I was able to share our many outstanding
> accomplishments, including:
>
> - The University of Illinois produces about $13.1 billion per year in
> direct and indirect economic impact on the Illinois economy -- a return
> of more than $17 for every $1 the state invests through its annual
> appropriation to the University.
> - University of Illinois operations directly and indirectly generate more
> than 150,000 jobs in the state annually.
> - The annual activity of our University creates more than $1.3 billion in
> future tax revenue to the state, resulting in a net annual gain to the
> state of about $535 million.
> - The vast health sciences complex on our Chicago campus educates a
> significant number of health care professionals practicing in Illinois
> and provides state-of-the-art care through more than 400,000 patient
> visits each year.
> - Our Springfield campus, among the best public liberal arts universities
> in the Midwest, has garnered national recognition for its advances in
> online education and blended learning.
> - Graduates of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have the
> highest median mid-career salary among graduates of all Big Ten
> universities, and the ninth-highest median mid-career salary among all
> U.S. public research universities.
> - Our Urbana campus students have the second-highest graduation rate in
> the Big Ten and second-lowest debt upon graduation.
> - The combined federal research funding across our campuses puts us in
> the top five among U.S. public research universities.
> - The wages and salaries of our alumni contribute about $21.2 billion
> annually to the state economy and about 265,000 jobs.
>
> The senators were very impressed by all our contributions to the state.
> The exchange also gave me an opportunity to highlight the distinctive
> missions and exceptional performance of each of our campuses. This
> resonated positively with the senators. At the same time, they
> articulated, as they must, the State's profound long-term budget crisis.
> Their questions covered a wide range of subjects, from faculty and staff
> salaries to tuition waivers to academic programs and administrative
> operations. I aggressively defended our policies, particularly on
> salaries and graduate tuition waivers. I explained that, among other
> things, appropriate compensation adjustments are one of my highest
> priorities. Of course, they wanted to know what we're doing to help
> ourselves, and how we might replace lost positions and increase salaries,
> when there is no additional support for either in the governor's fiscal
> 2012 budget proposal. That gave me an opportunity to explain we are
> making progress on the Administrative Review & Restructuring (ARR)
> reforms.
>
> I reported our efforts to streamline business functions across the
> University, with the expectation of building, over three years, annual
> savings of $60 million or more -- funds we must reallocate to manage any
> future cuts in state support, avoid furlough days, make compensation
> adjustments, and replenish some of the faculty and staff positions we
> have lost. I also had an opportunity to explain how the reforms
> implemented thus far have already saved over $5 million in the first half
> of the current fiscal year, and we expect another $5 million by July 1.
>
> These savings come at a minimum net cost to the University, as we've
> reconfigured four of five positions, rather than creating entirely new
> ones, to implement the reforms. We just announced the appointment of Dr.
> Larry Schook, as interim Vice President for Research. The VP-Research
> role takes on the portfolio of the former Vice President for Technology
> and Economic Development position, along with the added responsibility of
> advancing our research enterprise across the three campuses and in state
> and federal arenas. Also, we've expanded the portfolios of three existing
> and highly experienced administrators:  Steve Veazie, who'll add
> oversight of collective bargaining across our campuses to his
> responsibilities as Deputy University Counsel, is taking on the added
> title of Executive Director of Labor and Employee Relations; Maureen
> Parks, as Executive Director for Human Resources, will add to her
> responsibilities oversight across our campuses of HR services and
> processes involving civil service and academic professionals whose work
> doesn't entail a direct academic role; and Michael Hites, who'll work
> with campus chief information officers (CIOs) as the University's
> Executive CIO to enhance enterprise IT services and infrastructure
> delivered on all our campuses. Finally, we added just one new position,
> an Interim Vice President for Health Affairs, which will be supported by
> clinical revenues. We've appointed Dr. Joe "Skip" Garcia to this position
> and charged him with enhancing our clinical healthcare mission, which has
> the potential to realize substantial new revenues and savings, while
> improving education and research opportunities and enhancing service to
> the hundreds of thousands of patients we serve.
>
> I've heard that some might not be aware of these changes or are confused
> about how they're being made. The new cost is nominal, because, as noted
> above, we've reconfigured existing positions, rather than adding new ones
> (except for the VP-Health Affairs). We expect these changes to drive the
> reforms that will produce the $60-plus million in savings that our
> estimates indicate we can achieve. Most important, these changes will
> improve the financial circumstances for each campus, enabling each to
> remain competitive and enhance its performance and its distinctive
> mission. Additionally, our effectiveness in these cost-savings efforts
> will inform the Board's tuition decision, under the policy it adopted at
> the January Board Meeting.
>
> In the midst of the state's profound budget problems and our efforts to
> deal with the implications for our great University, I'm proud that so
> many of you are working collaboratively on these reforms, are focusing on
> the big picture, and are recognizing the opportunity for positive
> transformation, which improves services and saves precious resources.
>
> As I've been doing, I'll continue to keep you informed of our legislative
> work and our progress on ARR reforms. Since joining our great University
> last July, I've spent hundreds of hours on more than 60 meetings with
> campus senates and their leaders, student groups, deans, department
> chairs, collective bargaining unit leaders, academic professionals, and
> other constituencies comprising our shared governance system. Some may
> wish I could spend more time with them and I'll continue to do my best to
> visit with you. These consultations have been very beneficial and at the
> urging of faculty, staff, and students we've made many changes to
> proposals under consideration before I arrived and shortly thereafter.
> These include: taking the proposal to combine the campus chancellor and
> provost positions off the table; reversing the decision to combine the VP-
> Academic Affairs with the VP-TED; keeping the provost title for vice
> chancellors of academic affairs; changing the VP-Research, TED title
> to "VP-Research;" and ensuring that the VP-Health Affairs description
> includes alignment of the clinical enterprise with our academic and
> research missions. All these adjustments arose from my consultations with
> so many of you. I'm grateful for your good advice and welcome it as we
> continue to move forward.
>
> None of this would have been possible without your support and the help
> of chancellors, vice presidents, and others on the ARR Steering
> Committee. Also, I'm grateful for the participation of President Emeritus
> Stan Ikenberry, who launched the ARR efforts before I arrived and remains
> a close friend and advisor.
>
> As my session Wednesday with the committee of the state Senate
> demonstrated, we have a great story to tell -- one that impresses our
> senators and the people of our state. I urge you all to keep telling it,
> as I will. Our story is one of sustained success and accomplishment, even
> in very challenging times. Leaders throughout the state and nation are
> looking to the University of Illinois to bring the exceptional talents of
> our faculty, staff, and students to bear on the pressing issues of our
> time. I couldn't be more proud of how we are rising to these challenges
> and of the tremendous progress we are making together.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike
> President, University of Illinois
>
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